Yes, I know the saying says that you SHOULDN’T judge a book by it’s cover…
but sometimes you really should!
I recently purchased a book (thankfully on half.com for 1/4 of it’s original cost) and well had I paid full price for it, I’d have been majorly upset.
It was suggested reading for a certification I’m contemplating taking.
So, I figured I’d jump ahead get the book and check it out.
I was far from impressed when I saw the cover.
You know when you see a book that has a photograph on it and the people look like they’re from the 70’s or something and you can tell it’s just going to be dated?
Well that’s how this book was!
The ironic part, the book was done in 2005, so only 6 years ago yet the pictures and graphics in it looked so 70’s!
I haven’t read it in it’s entirety yet but the information does seem to be up to date (so that’s a plus)…
if I can just get past the pictures.
It’s not even that the pictures are dated so much (the clothing, the hair styles, etc. of the people in them) but that the photographs do not depict the theme of the book.
The book is about healthy eating.
So, you’d think that the pictures and images they would include in said book would portray those who eat healthy or what you may look like after you eat healthy…
right?
Keep this picture in mind.
I’m NOT going to point out my thoughts about it, until there are a few comments on the blog.
You can click on it and it’ll open in new window full size.
The question of the day below pertains to this pic!
This is just one of the many many pictures in this book that did not (in my opinion) exude the benefits of healthy eating.
Now mind you, perhaps this picture (and the others) they thought they were portraying an average person who’s transitioning into healthier eating?
I don’t know.
Oh, side note, it’s not about the size of this man that I noticed but a minor detail that I want to see if anyone else notices that I’d notice no matter if he was small, big or whatever.
Because well size….I know bigger people who are healthy and smaller thin people who aren’t.
So, it’s not a size issue per say.
But, yet in a round about way it is.
Enough hints!
Now, I’m going to go read the book and hopefully be able to not be so judging of it based on the imagery they included in it and hope the information is more substantial than their choice in graphics.
But, isn’t it funny how images can affect our mood towards reading a book.
Yet, ironically? I don’t condone judging people! (a whole blog post is in the works on that)
But, yet here I hypocritically judge photos in a book?
I’m not judging the people in the photos but the illustrator of the book for using them when they don’t go along with the book.
Question of the day:
Do you see anything wrong with the picture above?
Do you eat healthy?
Do you judge a book by its cover?
I try to eat healthy, for the most part. I splurge on my favorites but always stop and think: Will I be happy with myself AFTER I eat this? If the answer is NO, which it usually is, I don’t eat it. Most of the time.
Unfortunately I think it’s somewhat built-in to each of us to judge on sight. At some level, everyone does it. In my humble opinion, that is.
Oh yeah. And possibly the fact that he can’t button his over-alls? 😉
nicely done on the fact that he can’t/didn’t button his over alls!
yet they want to tell us that what he’s doing (grilling) is healthy…
one of my judgment calls, would’ve been better had they used someone else for the pic who at least had their pants buttoned! lol
Lol, agreed! It was the first thing I noticed when I saw the picture. And that button that IS buttoned looks a little strained…Maybe if they’d shown him grilling some meat and veggie kabobs or something, I might have been more convinced!
What bothers me about this picture is that it doesn’t look healthy what he is cooking. Healthy in my mind implies colors and living foods. Yeah you can grill a piece of chicken rather than a steak but if that’s all you eat, it’s not very healthy.